Art Enquiry – Kareem Waris

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Strand | 4 – Philosophy of Art

Author | Susan (Kyne) Andrews / Temple Carraig Secondary School Greystones, Francis O’Sullivan & Daniel Mccrea
Type | Enquiry
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 Meet The 11
Year Old
Creating
Hyper-Real
Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m
99rPmHF7V0

BBC – 1min

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Adapted from Ron Richard Thinking Routines

Kareem Waris – Child Artist

What questions does the video raise? Write down on some PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS.
(e.g. Is luck real? What is it like to be someone else? What kind of world do we live in? )

See Think Wonder

What do you think is going What does it make you
What do you see?
on? wonder?

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Adapted from Ron Richard Thinking Routines

Student Choice
Choose a piece of Art that you find compelling – what effect does it have on you? Use the
See/Think/Wonder method below.

See Think Wonder

What do you think is going What does it make you
What do you see?
on? wonder?

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 > Real Questions Generated By Students In A Previous Session

Is it fair that Kareem Is talent something Is it fair for young

might get a successful you are born with, or children to work in Are you born
life, but others in the is it a skill you become relatively easy and talented?
village won’t? good at? we—paying jobs?
He has incredible skill
Does dedication pay
and he applies
off no matter where
meaning to his art,
you are or how much
Was he taught to do
money you are
this or is it a natural
brought up with?
talent?
Does drawing
something accurately Can people be born
make it art? If so, why with natural talent?
isn’t a photo art?

As is the case for him

Can his art teach us – do his pieces gain a
something about deeper meaning from
ourselves, or is it just his titles?
him expressing Does this also leave
himself? less room for
interpretation?

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